Forest Therapy Lab
Chia-Pin Yu
Scholar & Forest Therapist
Dr. Chia-Pin Yu is a professor at the School of Forestry and Resource Conservation at National Taiwan University (NTU) and also serves as the Deputy Director of NTU’s Experimental Forest. From 2019 to 2020, he was a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University. He was listed among the top 2% of the most-cited scientists globally in the Stanford/Elsevier ranking in 2022, 2023, and 2024. His research interests include nature, recreation, and human health, forest therapy, health tourism, and the application of new technologies (such as virtual reality) in nature-based recreation and tourism research. His research adopts evidence-based approaches to understand the physiological and psychological health benefits of nature-based recreation experiences from a health perspective.
Wellness tourism
Nature, recreation and health
VR nature and healthcare
Forest therapy
Evidence-based research
Mental health management
FOREST THERAPY
Reduce stress, relax, and enhance health and vitality.
PESS & MEDIA
森林 療癒力
forest，for + rest
forest，for + rest，森林，是讓人身心靈休息、恢復的地方，森林環境提供人類在工作繁忙之餘，一個安靜、和諧、舒適、愉快的遊憩場域。除了就醫、吃保健食品，森林療癒也是最簡單、最無副作用的健康促進方式。
台灣自然生態豐富，公園散步、郊山健行、高山攀爬，皆有促進健康的效果，力行森林療癒與環境一起變健康的正向循環過程，正是我們與環境的共存之道。
《森林療癒力》詳述先進國家及台灣森林療癒的源起、發展與願景，
引領讀者走入森林療癒的世界，找回平靜的身心靈。